Floating Bridges on the Brain: The Ultimate Floating Bridge Quiz

If everybody had an ocean, across the U.S.A., they'd be too busy building floating bridges to play on silly surfboards. Floating bridges are indispensable tools for spanning areas other bridges can't. Ready to take on our bridge challenge?

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Question 1 of 20

What other name do floating bridges commonly go by?

pontoon bridges

They will float your boat -- and bridges, too! They're pontoons, watertight vessels used for boats and types of construction.

cable-stayed bridges

boat bridges

Question 2 of 20

What was the first modern floating bridge in the United States to fail due to a severe storm?

the Lacey V. Morrow Memorial Bridge

the Hood Canal Bridge

Perhaps the first words spoken as the Hood Canal Bridge sank: "Um, guys, did someone leave the watertight hatch open on that pontoon? Uh oh."

the Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge -- Evergreen Point Bridge

Question 3 of 20

What is the longest floating bridge in the world?

Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge -- Evergreen Point

It's kind of an awkward name for a bridge that's in an awkward and congested area. The Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge -- Evergreen Point is the world's longest.

Lake Washington Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge

Question 4 of 20

How long is the Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge -- Evergreen Point?

1.4 miles

It was a distance that no traditional bridge could span. At 1.4 miles this floating bridge is an engineering marvel.

1.8 miles

2.1 miles

Question 5 of 20

What year was the Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge -- Evergreen Point Bridge completed?

1963

Finished in 1963, it was a counterculture bridge before it was cool to be counterculture.